Posts by daizymae

Who knew it takes so long for a stupid skinned knee to get better? I have possibly the ugliest scab ever on my knee and the stupid thing still aches a bit. But it doesn't hurt to run, so that's all the exercise I've been getting.

Ring ~ I am going to start P90X once my knee heals. I cannot put any weight directly on it (like I can't kneel down) and you probably don't need to kneel down for a lot of the stuff, but I'm just going to wait until it doesn't hurt anymore. I hope that's next week....and I need a cable that will allow me to run it from my computer to the TV. My bro gave me his copy which won't work in my dvd player, but works on my laptop dvd (don't ask, I have no idea why), and J said there's a cable we can buy so I can play it from my laptop on the tv. I'm going to try to grab it this weekend.

I also probably won't follow it strictly. I will be running 3-4 x week at lunch still and want to add in the other stuff 3 x week. Just trying to up my weights work to see if I can get the scale to drop some.

Peanut ~ Are you feeling any better at all? I'm so sorry you have the FlU! ICK! I hope it runs it's course quickly and you are back to your old self by the end of the weekend. Does P have it too?

Val ~ I agree with Ring! Your book sounds good too! You ladies know you have two good sales customers right here :) Can't wait!! Have you managed to avoid the flu?

Original Post by moonikins:

If you'd like to give a small gift to someone, try buying these chocolate bars. A portion goes to protecting endangered species. You can get them at some better super markets and at organic stores.

They cost less than $3.00 so perfect for little small gifts.

 This is a great stocking stuffer idea! I know I can get these at Fresh Market.

St. Jude's Children's Hospital has a gift shop that offers some cute things and the proceeds benefit the kids.

Also, the Pottery Barn has a great little candle on offer this year that benefits St. Jude's as well. Check these out - the shipping is free, too! (Can you tell this charity is close to my heart?!)

Hiya!

Ring is out today because D's Uncle passed away suddenly. He was young and had young children. Just tragic. They are having his services today, according to her post yesterday.

*HUGS* Ring! We're thinking of you :)

PEANUT ~ I can't WAIT to read this!! I think your letter sounds good! Of course, I don't know a thing about what the publisher's expect in a letter, but it's a nice synopsis and has me wondering what happened at the Lake to help her realize those things...

Hah! I know what you mean!! Just glad to see you in here :)

Bleeding eyes are NOT good. I'm sure of it. I'm glad you've taken a break from the book with the computer ;)

Ring ~ will be thinking of you tonight. Don't worry about the "healthy" food right now, just try to be mindful of overeating. I think that's enough to worry about with what's on your plate.....

'kbi! BBL

I agree with smader about gu for running gels, if you can tolerate them. I actually prefer to use Sport Beans and mini pretzels for long runs myself. You need to drink water or a sports drink with the gu, though, and more often than not, I cannot stand to have that much water sloshing around in my stomach on a long run.

The pretzels have the bonus of having a bit of salt on them, too, which helps with keeping up sodium stores in a stressed body (from a long run.)

I only use the pretzels for the last part of a long run (last few miles of a half etc.) As for the sport beans, I eat them after my first hour and then again every half hour or so - but I don't eat a full pack at one time. My stomach can't handle it.

Good luck in your marathon!

Whew! Thanks for the update, Sheila! Glad to hear Clair may be home tomorrow :)

Original Post by kbella24:

http://www.politicalcompass.org/

It measures both social and fiscal principles, so you get a pretty accurate picture of where you stand.

 Thanks for this link, kbella. I just took this quiz and ended up in the lower left quadrant, right where I would have suspected I would be!

Original Post by grimp:

Dave,dans friend is just a total waste of space i dont know why they bother giving him any airtime.

He cleary is not interested in losing weight and thinks he doesnt have a problem.

 Although I was not surprised to see that he had at least gained all his weight back (Dave, that is) I was surprised that he would consent to being on air again like that! I couldn't believe he was saying he was "just relaxing" right now...WTH? Why did he want to be on the show initially with Dan? I just don't get it.

And he illustrated his lack of problems with that high calorie drink he had in his hand. Geez.

Hi Ring!!

Thanks!! I am still inordinately pleased with myself ;) I cannot believe I accomplished that yet! YAY! I'll do another one in the future for sure - especially now that I know I can!

I think you got quite a bit done by your journal entry! Wow! And new kitchen gadgets are always fun to play with ;)

Peanut & Val ~ where are you both at with NaNo? Come in and fill us in!!!

Love it!! Can't wait to see the next episode!

*SPOILER ALERT! STOP READING IF YOU ARE NOT CAUGHT UP BUT WATCH THE SHOW!*

So much to unwind in the plot - can't wait to see how they do it. Will she get pregnant? What about the "experiment?" Does the wedding take place and is it to someone else? (Not Cho's character?) We've seen a bit of quantum mechanics with the Shroedinger's cat-type plot line; will we also see a bit of chaos theory with a play off of the "butterfly effect" with the agent who offed himself? *Sorry! I'm horrible with character names! I can't remember anyone's name but Olivia's for some reason....*

At any rate, looking forward to next week!

I kind of feel like we need to be on the NaNo site, too, Ring! We're missing out!

Ladies ~ do we get to read your NaNo novels afterward? How does this whole thing work?

Ring, sorry you are having a not so great week this week. I hope the weekend is better for you. And I stand by what I wrote in your journal yesterday - go on and look at the opportunity. You have nothing to lose by following up on it and there is no way to know if it would be a good fit for you otherwise, right? What kind of job would you be doing?

I am so glad it's Thursday and almost the weekend. Actually, I'll be extra glad when Sunday afternoon gets here and the half marathon has come and gone. The anticipation is killing me. Really. I am just aiming to finish, but I really want to be done with it at this point! LOL

Original Post by buggyhair:

*waves buh-bye to Tracey*

 Oh!!! I missed this week's episode! Please, oh please, oh please, tell me crazy-eyes was eliminated!!!! That would TOTALLY make my day....(And then I can stop thinking about the stupid DVR that didn't record....)

Hello!!! I'm finally back and able to jump in here again :)

Ring ~ thank you! The trip was great ~ I wrote a bit about it in my journal today and posted photos on FB. The race was fun, but I struggled a bit. That's OK, though. I finished! A received a cool finisher's medal to boot. LOL

Peanut ~ My niece who turned three today (!) was a bee for halloween too! SO CUTE. Love the photos! And it's funny to think that you didn't grow up doing the halloween thing....I can see how strange it would be...

How's the NaNo coming? One of J's teacher friends at school (english teacher) is using that as a teaching tool with her high school students. J thought it was a great idea :) I can't wait to hear how it went overall at the end!

Val ~ where are you? And where is Jess??

YAY!! Please do invite me and I'll chat about books at any time! I LOVE to read. It's kind of obnoxious how much I read - and costly. I have to be better about going to the library! LOL

I'd LOVE to read your book! Can't wait, really. Do you already have contact info for agents? Are there good resources out there for advice?

So excited to hear about Ring's trip! And she better post photos for those of us who couldn't attend....LOL

We miss you too! Glad you posted - I was getting lonely in here ;) LOL But I know how much you need to strike while the iron is hot with a book, so keep at it!!

Hey Ladies!

Peanut ~ I finally did get to chill out on Sunday, thankfully! I will make up for lost rest next week when I am at my Mom's - I can't wait!

I don't think Ring is back from her honeymoon until the 24th....so my guess is she'll be back to work on the 26th? Can't wait to hear stories of the wedding...and see photos, with luck!

Keep working on the novel! I wanna read it too! Can I join the book club as a distance member?